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I'm a guy and I have one every 2 or 3 months. But at work I think some guys have one more than once a month because they look groomed all the time.

PS: I trim my beard once a week. I'm talking about haircuts specifically.

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

haven't cut my hair in years, long hair supremacy.

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[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 19 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Once a year. I look like an animal all the time

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[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

TIL most dudes on Lemmy grow long hair

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[–] Microw@piefed.zip 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, first let me say that you should go to the barber as often as you want, not as often as an average man does.

I personally go every 3 months because I have long hair and only need to get it into a bit of shape regularly. If I had a short hairstyle I would go more often.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I haven't had a haircut since I was 19 (I am currently 40).

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because of hair loss or do you have one hell of a mane?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 5 points 1 day ago

I am not jealous at all 😐

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[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

I bought the proper hardware to cut my own hair, learned how to do the fades. It's easy to keep it the same length all the time this way.

Mainly I just got sick of paying so much for a 10 minute cut.

Edit: I'm not gonna say it was smooth sailing from day 1 I should add, I buzz cut my failures off as I was learning a couple times lol.

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[–] Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I used to go to a place where they'd schedule me out based on three weeks, which I liked better, but now this new place leaves it to me to remember and schedule myself. I don't remember, so it's closer to 4-5 weeks.

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think I had one back in the late 90s. Now-a-days nature takes care of it.

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like birds come in and eat your hair or something?

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i shave my head twice a week, because i have the fantastic luck to have incredibly thick hair, and since 22, mpb.

[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But you prefer the bald look?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 7 points 1 day ago

put it this way, i'm no patrick stewart. i did not pull the look off.

[–] ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

Started dating a girl who liked it when I grew it out... so haven't cut it just about ten years. She's gone, but the hair stayed. I never found a barber who could consistently cut it the way I liked, so the only alternative I could see is regularly buzzing everything off.

[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

whenever my family nags me about it too much lol

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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's been like 6 months for me. I've gone over a year before. I have thrash metal hair though. lol.

[–] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Every 5-10 years as it's to expensive for me to get one and have to be incredibly lucky to get one.

[–] xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You live on a deserted island or something? 😁

[–] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's called Amerikkka. You know. 4th world country, basic necessities are 400% percent expensive, no medical care that doesn't cost 4,000 bucks.

Are you living in a deserted island or something? Because everyone knows the fuck hell whole of this Amerikkka country.

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[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I cut my hair approximately once every three months

[–] iamanurd@midwest.social 6 points 1 day ago

I donate my hair about every 18 months. 😉

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

I gave up and just grew it out cos I would need one after like a month

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A full haircut once a month with a cleanup 2 weeks in. My hair is thick as fuck and grows pretty quickly, so I need to stay on top of it.

I cut my own hair for years using clippers, but within the last few years started going to get it cut because they do a better job.

[–] aln@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I shave my head in the shower every couple of days. Trim my beard once a week.

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Twice a year. I always go for a short cut and then grow it out until it annoys me.

I never cared about having a consistent look.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you have problems with the tips getting dry and looking unkept?

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My spouse goes every 4 weeks. He has an undercut and doesn't trust my shaky hands with the trimmer :D

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

3 weeks is my sweet spot. the barber is hot

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I cut my hair myself, whenever I want a change :) (once every few months)

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

My husband has straight hair he keeps in a tight fade, like nearly bald on the sides to very short at the top, and gets his hair cut every 2 weeks. I (lady, curly hair) can go a year between, just get it cut in short layers and let them grow out to long layers. The two of my kids who like theirs short but not crazy short go a month or two between.

Basically the shorter it is, the more you have to cut it - hair grows, on average 1/2 inch (13mm) per month, so mine has a 6 inch tolerance (it doesn't really look like 6 inches of vertical growth since it isn't straight) but my husband, with such straight and short hair, has a quarter inch tolerance.

I think once every 2 months is about average. I wait 5 months.

[–] immathrowawayig@sh.itjust.works 4 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Alright since we are on this topic, I am gonna ask how y'all keep a straight face when a mirror is placed in front of you for about 30-45m straight?

I cannot, for the love of god, stop my smile at all. Especially when I'm slowly transitioning to a new look, I just can't stop smiling when a mirror is placed in front of me. Feels extremely awkward when a guy is working on you and you starts smiling for no reason.

That being said, I'm due for a haircut now. Planning to do it by this weekend. Last I got my haircut was in June(!). So, a good 2½ months.

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[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Probably between 1-2 months for me.

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

The last cut was in 1999 to clean up an undercut. It got longer for about 15 years after that. Now it gets shorter, thinner, and balder, every day.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

I trim my beard about once a month.

I haven’t had a haircut in about a decade.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago

I cut my hair when it bothers me. I don't keep track of the interval.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

When my wife states I'm looking too much like a murderhobo which can be from three months to a year depending.

[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

My hair grows fast enough that if I wanted it to stay a specific style it’d need cut probably more than once a month. However, I typically just change the way I part it as it grows. It doesn’t look too bad at any stage, though I basically just slowly transition from looking like a fed to looking like the guys in the fourth Harry Potter movie lol.

It takes about 3-4 months for it to go from 2in on top to being annoyingly long. Probably closer to 5 for it to be like getting in my mouth when the wind blows.

And hey you can have long hair and still look “groomed” btw, just got to figure out how to style it right

Edit: I have straight hair btw with some but not a lot of natural volume. If I had curly hair I could likely let it grow longer without feeling the need to cut it.

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I haven’t had my hair cut since ‘08.

I could probably go get it done, but it looks alright and doesn’t seem to grow further than the small of my back.

I’m a 40-year old woman.

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[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 3 points 22 hours ago
[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Every three to four months and I cut my own hair now too

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